26–30 Aug 2024
Auditorium Maximum UJ
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Designing a Tinkering Workshop: Empowering Teachers Demystifying the Design Process

26 Aug 2024, 13:20
20m
Conference Room

Conference Room

Oral presentations Physics Teacher Education and Professional Learning Oral presentations

Speaker

Sara Ricciardi (INAF OAS)

Description

This work aims to guide educational communities in creating tinkering workshops from scratch. Such a process demystifies and makes the design of these workshops accessible, positioning teachers as the true owners of the initiative. If we consider tinkering workshops not as isolated events but as venues to provoke, amplify, and potentially address children's inquiries about science, it becomes crucial for teachers to independently plan this enriching and engaging moment as a community of educators. We developed the RAPA design cycle and tested it end to end, working with a heterogeneous group of designers.

How would you like to present your contribution? Live in Kraków (time slot to be allotted based on the programme)
Target education level Early Science/Primary
Category Formal Education

Author

Sara Ricciardi (INAF OAS)

Co-authors

Irene Giovanardi (University of Bologna) Stefano Rini (University of Bologna)

Presentation materials